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# U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report

PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2004
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report

## Parts of the Report

Description of the Report
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PART A1 -
  Number of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Grant
  - (Table A1-1a) Breakout By Country of Origin
  - (Table A1-1b) Breakout By Ownership Category

  Percent of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Grant
  - (Table A1-2a) Breakout By Country of Origin
  - (Table A1-2b) Breakout By Ownership Category

PART A2 -
  Number of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Application
  - (Table A2-1a) Breakout By Country of Origin
  - (Table A2-1b) Breakout By Ownership Category

  Percent of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Application
  - (Table A2-2a) Breakout By Country of Origin
  - (Table A2-2b) Breakout By Ownership Category

PART B
  Organizational Patentees With 1 or More Patents Granted During the Period, As Distributed By Year Of Patent Grant and As Distributed By Year Of Patent Application

CONTACT INFORMATION -

U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2004
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report

## Description of the Report

This report counts only documents of the following type(s):
utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention"), design patents, plant patents, reissue patents, statutory invention registrations, defensive publications
granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during the period 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2004. These profiled documents hereafter will be referred to as "patents".

The patent documents profiled in this report are limited to those for which ownership was assigned to a Federal organization at the time of grant, based on the first-named owner information listed on each issuing patent.

### PATENTS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

This Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD) Report profiles patent activity for U.S. patents granted between 01/01/1977 and 12/31/2004. The source of the data used for this report is the TAF database maintained by the Office of Electronic Information Products.

### PARTS A1 AND A2 (IF INCLUDED)

Parts A1 and A2, if included, present tables which profile, by number and percent, the activity of the specified patents. Annual totals may be provided for some years and a consolidated year total also may be provided. Part A1 presents data by year of patent grant ("Patents Granted As Distributed By Year of Patent Grant"). Part A2 redistributes patent grant data by year of patent application, i.e., the year in which each patent application was filed ("Patents Granted As Distributed By Year of Patent Application"). Patent data as shown in the "Pre YYYY" column (where "YYYY" is a four-digit year) correspond to activity in the specified period prior to "YYYY".

In Tables A1-1a and A2-1a, the totals are broken down by origin (patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor), either U.S. or foreign. Separate counts are displayed for many of the foreign countries receiving the most granted patents during the period. In Tables A1-1b and A2-1b, patent counts are displayed according to general category of ownership, e.g., corporate-owned, government-owned, or individual-owned.

Patent ownership information reflects ownership at the time of patent grant and does not include subsequent changes in ownership. If more than one assignee (owner entity) was declared at the time of grant, the patent is attributed to the first-named assignee. The U.S. and Foreign Corporations ownership categories count predominantly corporate patents; however, patents assigned to other organizations such as small businesses, nonprofit organizations, universities, etc. are also included in this category. While U.S. Government patent ownership includes only patents granted to the Federal Government, no such distinction is made for Foreign Government ownership patents.

Please note that U.S. origin patents may have foreign category ownership and that foreign origin patents may have U.S. category ownership. Therefore, the patents having U.S.category ownership (or foreign category ownership) do not correspond to the patents having U.S. origin (or foreign origin) and the sum of U.S. category ownership patents (or foreign category ownership patents) will not equal the sum of U.S. origin patents (or foreign origin patents).

Also, please note that patent documents in the TAF database are limited to utility patents granted no earlier than January 1963 and to other document types (i.e., design, plant, and reissue patents, statutory invention registrations, and defensive publications) granted no earlier than 1977.

### PART B (IF INCLUDED)

Part B is a listing of national and international organizations (i.e., corporations, universities, government agencies, etc.) that have received U.S. patents during the profiled time period. The availability of assigned ownership data in the TAF database, as displayed in Part B, begins in 1969 for utility patent grants and in 1977 for design, plant, and reissue patents, statutory invention registrations, and defensive publications. The listing is limited to organizations receiving 1 or more patents during the period. This minimum number is identified in the title heading of the table. Part B ranks these organizations in terms of total patents granted for the period and displays their annual patent activity for the most recent period. Patent grants are distributed in two ways, by year of grant and by year of patent application. Data line 1 for each listed organization distributes the counts of patent grants by the year of grant while data line 2 redistributes those same patent grants by the year in which the patented applications were filed. Please note that in some reports, only one of the two data lines may be displayed. Information regarding patent ownership reflects ownership at the time of patent grant. Although a substantial effort has been made to combine name variations into a single organizational name, many organizations continue to have patents listed under more than one name.

Patent data, as shown in the "Pre YYYY" column (where "YYYY" is a four-digit year), correspond to activity in the specified period prior to "YYYY".

### DATA DISTRIBUTION BY YEAR OF GRANT AND BY YEAR OF APPLICATION

#### Other Considerations

DATA FOR THOSE APPLICATIONS WHICH WERE FILED BUT NEVER ISSUED (ROUGHLY 25% OF TOTAL FILINGS) ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT.

Since the average time period between filing for a patent and the issuing of the patent (i.e., the patent's "pendency") is now about 24 months (for utility patents), the patent grant data, as distributed by year of application, are incomplete for the most recent years that are displayed in the report.* This is because a significant number of those applications which ultimately would become patents were still pending as of these most recent years that are displayed.

Patented application data are of significant value since the date an application was filed more accurately reflects when the technology was developed. Additionally, fluctuations in data based on application date are much more likely to reflect changes in technological activity since, for the most part, such fluctuations would be immune from changes in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) processing such as occurred in years such as 1986 when the USPTO issued fewer patents than would have normally been expected due to a lack of funds to print patents. Note that a patent's "pendency" can be quite variable from one patent to another, thereby affecting the date of patent grant. Such variation in pendency is determined by many factors, including PTO workload (which varies between technologies), budget and manpower levels, patent printing schedules, etc. Please note that other types of patent documents such as design patents, plant patents, reissue patents, statutory invention registrations,and defensive publications may have average pendency periods that differ somewhat from the pendency period for utility patents.

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* For example, in a report profiling utility patents granted through December 2004, patent grant data, as distributed by year of application are approximately 93% complete for utility patent applications filed in 1999, 84% complete for applications filed in 2000, 66% complete for applications filed in 2001, and 44% complete for applications filed in 2002; data are essentially complete for applications filed prior to 1999. Currently, completion percentages restricted to Federal Government patents are not available.

## Report Printing and the Use of Spreadsheet Software

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U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2004
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report

## Part A1
Tables A1-1a and A1-1b

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A1-1a) and by Ownership Category (Table A1-1b)

PART A1- Table A1-1a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2004
|  | Pre 1991 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | All Years
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin |  | 15710 | 1272 | 1225 | 1234 | 1310 | 1083 | 961 | 974 | 1039 | 1000 | 960 | 985 | 944 | 891 | 846 | 30434
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin |  | 15591 | 1268 | 1218 | 1226 | 1299 | 1076 | 956 | 963 | 1030 | 996 | 953 | 975 | 932 | 881 | 842 | 30206
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin |  | 119 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 228
UNITED KINGDOM |  | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33
GERMANY |  | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 31
CANADA |  | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 27
ISRAEL |  | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21
INDIA |  | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19
JAPAN |  | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17
ITALY |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9
FRANCE |  | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7
GREECE |  | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7
AUSTRALIA |  | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6
SWITZERLAND |  | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6
TURKEY |  | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
BELGIUM |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3
BRAZIL |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3
TAIWAN |  | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3
CHINA P.REP. |  | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
EGYPT |  | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
FINLAND |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
KENYA |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2
NORWAY |  | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
SOUTH KOREA |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2
ARAB EMIRATES |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
BULGARIA |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
JORDAN |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
NETHERLANDS |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
POLAND |  | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
SINGAPORE |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
SWEDEN |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
TANZANIA |  | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
VENEZUELA |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
YUGOSLAVIA |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
Others (0) |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0

PART A1- Table A1-1b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2004
|  | Pre 1991 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | All Years
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
U.S. CORPORATION |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
U.S. GOVERNMENT |  | 15710 | 1272 | 1225 | 1234 | 1310 | 1083 | 961 | 974 | 1039 | 1000 | 960 | 985 | 944 | 891 | 846 | 30434
U.S. INDIVIDUAL |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
FOREIGN CORPORATION |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0

U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2004
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report

## Part A1
Tables A1-2a and A1-2b

Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A1-2a) and by Ownership Category (Table A1-2b)

PART A1- Table A1-2a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2004
|  | Pre 1991 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | All Years
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin |  | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin |  | 99.2 | 99.7 | 99.4 | 99.4 | 99.2 | 99.4 | 99.5 | 98.9 | 99.1 | 99.6 | 99.3 | 99.0 | 98.7 | 98.9 | 99.5 | 99.3
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin |  | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.7
UNITED KINGDOM |  | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1
GERMANY |  | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1
CANADA |  | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1
ISRAEL |  | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1
INDIA |  | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1
JAPAN |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1
ITALY |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0
FRANCE |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
GREECE |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
AUSTRALIA |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0
SWITZERLAND |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
TURKEY |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
BELGIUM |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0
BRAZIL |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
TAIWAN |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
CHINA P.REP. |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
EGYPT |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
FINLAND |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
KENYA |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0
NORWAY |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
SOUTH KOREA |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
ARAB EMIRATES |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
BULGARIA |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
JORDAN |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
NETHERLANDS |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
POLAND |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
SINGAPORE |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
SWEDEN |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
TANZANIA |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
VENEZUELA |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
YUGOSLAVIA |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
Others (0) |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0

PART A1- Table A1-2b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2004
|  | Pre 1991 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | All Years
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
U.S. CORPORATION |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
U.S. GOVERNMENT |  | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
U.S. INDIVIDUAL |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
FOREIGN CORPORATION |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0

U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2004
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report

## Part A2
Tables A2-1a and A2-1b

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A2-1a) and by Ownership Category (Table A2-1b)

PART A2- Table A2-1a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2004
|  | Pre 1991 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | All Years
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin |  | 18184 | 1247 | 1292 | 1274 | 1117 | 1194 | 951 | 978 | 935 | 829 | 901 | 820 | 551 | 159 | 2 | 30434
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin |  | 18053 | 1236 | 1283 | 1270 | 1105 | 1184 | 941 | 971 | 929 | 821 | 892 | 812 | 549 | 158 | 2 | 30206
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin |  | 131 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 228
UNITED KINGDOM |  | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33
GERMANY |  | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31
CANADA |  | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27
ISRAEL |  | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21
INDIA |  | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19
JAPAN |  | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17
ITALY |  | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9
FRANCE |  | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7
GREECE |  | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7
AUSTRALIA |  | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6
SWITZERLAND |  | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6
TURKEY |  | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
BELGIUM |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3
BRAZIL |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3
TAIWAN |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3
CHINA P.REP. |  | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
EGYPT |  | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
FINLAND |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
KENYA |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
NORWAY |  | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
SOUTH KOREA |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
ARAB EMIRATES |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
BULGARIA |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
JORDAN |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
NETHERLANDS |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
POLAND |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
SINGAPORE |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
SWEDEN |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
TANZANIA |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
VENEZUELA |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
YUGOSLAVIA |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
Others (0) |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0

PART A2- Table A2-1b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2004
|  | Pre 1991 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | All Years
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
U.S. CORPORATION |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
U.S. GOVERNMENT |  | 18184 | 1247 | 1292 | 1274 | 1117 | 1194 | 951 | 978 | 935 | 829 | 901 | 820 | 551 | 159 | 2 | 30434
U.S. INDIVIDUAL |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
FOREIGN CORPORATION |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0

U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2004
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report

## Part A2
Tables A2-2a and A2-2b

Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A2-2a) and by Ownership Category (Table A2-2b)

PART A2- Table A2-2a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2004
|  | Pre 1991 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | All Years
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin |  | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin |  | 99.3 | 99.1 | 99.3 | 99.7 | 98.9 | 99.2 | 98.9 | 99.3 | 99.4 | 99.0 | 99.0 | 99.0 | 99.6 | 99.4 | 100.0 | 99.3
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin |  | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.7
UNITED KINGDOM |  | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1
GERMANY |  | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1
CANADA |  | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1
ISRAEL |  | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1
INDIA |  | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1
JAPAN |  | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1
ITALY |  | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
FRANCE |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
GREECE |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
AUSTRALIA |  | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
SWITZERLAND |  | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
TURKEY |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
BELGIUM |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
BRAZIL |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
TAIWAN |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
CHINA P.REP. |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
EGYPT |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
FINLAND |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
KENYA |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
NORWAY |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
SOUTH KOREA |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
ARAB EMIRATES |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
BULGARIA |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
JORDAN |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
NETHERLANDS |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
POLAND |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
SINGAPORE |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
SWEDEN |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
TANZANIA |  | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
VENEZUELA |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
YUGOSLAVIA |  | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
Others (0) |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0

PART A2- Table A2-2b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2004
|  | Pre 1991 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | All Years
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
U.S. CORPORATION |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
U.S. GOVERNMENT |  | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
U.S. INDIVIDUAL |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
FOREIGN CORPORATION |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0

U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2004
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report

## Part B

Ranked List of Organizations with 1 or More Patents Granted During the Period,
as Distributed Either or Both
by the Year of Patent Grant and by the Year Of Patent Application Filing

PART B -
Ranked List of Organizations with 1 or More Patents, as Distributed by
the Year of Patent Grant and/or the Year Of Patent Application Filing
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2004
|  | Pre 1991 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | All Years
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY | Patents By Year of Grant: | 3999 | 396 | 314 | 360 | 395 | 347 | 294 | 299 | 345 | 358 | 365 | 326 | 386 | 365 | 322 | 8871
Patents By Year of Application: | 4815 | 331 | 368 | 368 | 316 | 343 | 336 | 372 | 358 | 285 | 320 | 316 | 258 | 84 | 1 | 8871
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY | Patents By Year of Grant: | 3105 | 201 | 168 | 184 | 203 | 191 | 155 | 170 | 166 | 141 | 147 | 165 | 149 | 131 | 135 | 5411
Patents By Year of Application: | 3403 | 172 | 214 | 205 | 188 | 206 | 178 | 143 | 155 | 146 | 154 | 123 | 88 | 35 | 1 | 5411
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY | Patents By Year of Grant: | 3185 | 215 | 250 | 182 | 205 | 119 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 53 | 57 | 69 | 45 | 42 | 40 | 4664
Patents By Year of Application: | 3594 | 227 | 178 | 167 | 78 | 69 | 68 | 56 | 55 | 48 | 56 | 39 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 4664
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE | Patents By Year of Grant: | 2039 | 149 | 145 | 139 | 138 | 86 | 104 | 94 | 84 | 91 | 84 | 106 | 76 | 68 | 55 | 3458
Patents By Year of Application: | 2325 | 135 | 131 | 112 | 101 | 106 | 94 | 83 | 91 | 85 | 74 | 66 | 42 | 13 | 0 | 3458
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | Patents By Year of Grant: | 1484 | 151 | 151 | 166 | 160 | 122 | 104 | 97 | 95 | 93 | 97 | 92 | 85 | 80 | 89 | 3066
Patents By Year of Application: | 1721 | 170 | 159 | 167 | 125 | 111 | 99 | 95 | 102 | 72 | 98 | 74 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 3066
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES | Patents By Year of Grant: | 404 | 50 | 76 | 85 | 108 | 97 | 117 | 150 | 169 | 139 | 97 | 103 | 91 | 87 | 118 | 1891
Patents By Year of Application: | 595 | 98 | 131 | 129 | 190 | 217 | 72 | 103 | 69 | 85 | 82 | 91 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1891
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE | Patents By Year of Grant: | 684 | 47 | 55 | 54 | 38 | 49 | 41 | 49 | 75 | 71 | 55 | 67 | 51 | 63 | 41 | 1440
Patents By Year of Application: | 791 | 58 | 39 | 49 | 51 | 67 | 74 | 65 | 52 | 51 | 56 | 62 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1440
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | Patents By Year of Grant: | 340 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 485
Patents By Year of Application: | 369 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 485
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE | Patents By Year of Grant: | 110 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 34 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 384
Patents By Year of Application: | 133 | 22 | 42 | 30 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 384
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Patents By Year of Grant: | 107 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 216
Patents By Year of Application: | 145 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY | Patents By Year of Grant: | 105 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 157
Patents By Year of Application: | 118 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 157
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY | Patents By Year of Grant: | 51 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 141
Patents By Year of Application: | 59 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 141
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY | Patents By Year of Grant: | 32 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 133
Patents By Year of Application: | 45 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 133
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Patents By Year of Grant: | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 41
Patents By Year of Application: | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA POSTAL SERVICE | Patents By Year of Grant: | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 18
Patents By Year of Application: | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, VETERANS ADMINISTRATION | Patents By Year of Grant: | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 18
Patents By Year of Application: | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION | Patents By Year of Grant: | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17
Patents By Year of Application: | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TREASURY | Patents By Year of Grant: | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8
Patents By Year of Application: | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS | Patents By Year of Grant: | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
Patents By Year of Application: | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ATTORNEY GENERAL | Patents By Year of Grant: | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3
Patents By Year of Application: | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF STATE | Patents By Year of Grant: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
Patents By Year of Application: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
ARMY & AIR FORCE EXCHANGE SERVICE | Patents By Year of Grant: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Patents By Year of Application: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON | Patents By Year of Grant: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
Patents By Year of Application: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND | Patents By Year of Grant: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
Patents By Year of Application: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION | Patents By Year of Grant: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
Patents By Year of Application: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | Patents By Year of Grant: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
Patents By Year of Application: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION | Patents By Year of Grant: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
Patents By Year of Application: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
Other Organizations (0) | Patents By Year of Grant: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Patents By Year of Application: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0

U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2004
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report

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